Twitter is stepping up their anti-revenge porn efforts by revising its rules about what tweeters can and can't share and that includes consent surrounding sharing intimate photos. »3/12/15 11:50am 3/12/15 11:50am

Irony is when a guy profiting from revenge porn demands that Google remove his "identity" from their search engines pointing to stories about how the Federal Trade Commission is shutting him down. LOLNO. »2/25/15 10:50am 2/25/15 10:50am

A 36-year-old Los Angeles man has the not-awesome distinction of becoming the first person to be convicted under California's new revenge porn law, after posting topless images of his ex-girlfriend on her employer's Facebook page. Noe Iniguez was sentenced to a year in jail yesterday, after a jury found him guilty of… »12/02/14 1:00pm 12/02/14 1:00pm

Former police officer David Cerna was recently arrested for placing a hidden camera in a Mobile gas station bathroom in Chesterfield, Missouri, and then posting the videos on a porn site. Now, after the site has been taken down, stills remain searchable on Tumblr. Yet Tumblr refuses to take down the photos—what gives? »7/16/14 7:00pm 7/16/14 7:00pm

Last week, a German high court ruled that you can legally request that your ex-partner delete all erotic media of you following your breakup. This is great news for the nation's prolific sexters and a terrible blow for its begrudging, malicious shitheads. It's also something that would probably never happen in the… »5/29/14 4:00pm 5/29/14 4:00pm

There’s a revenge porn law in the works in New York State, but some think the bipartisan bill might create other problems. Like what about that person who gets an unsolicited dick pic from a politician like Anthony Weiner and then releases it to the public? »2/25/14 2:40pm 2/25/14 2:40pm

Today the FBI indicted Hunter Moore and an accomplice on charges of "conspiracy, seven counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information and seven counts of aggravated identity theft," in connection to his former revenge porn website Is Anyone Up. »1/23/14 3:30pm 1/23/14 3:30pm

This week, California authorities arrested revenge porn kingpin Kevin Christopher Bollaert for extorting women whose nude photos he'd feature on a "revenge porn" website he started. Bollaert also offered the women featured on his site help with "reputation management"... for a price. »12/13/13 7:00pm 12/13/13 7:00pm

In December of 2012, Kevin Bollaert, an intrepid 26-year-old San Diego entrepreneur, came up with a foolproof business plan: a website where men could vindictively post nude photographs and personal contact information of bitches they hate, and then if the bitches want it all taken down they have to pay $350! WHAT… »12/11/13 2:10pm 12/11/13 2:10pm

I felt like Will Smith in "Enemy of the State." I was being hunted, harassed and stalked by criminals with technological expertise. I had been thrust into an unexpected war. I felt exposed, vulnerable and alone on the front line. I had awoken a hideous network of villains and saboteurs, who were in pursuit of me,… »11/22/13 3:20pm 11/22/13 3:20pm

Revenge porn — or when a jerk posts private sexy photos of a woman online without her permission with the intent to humiliate or exact comeuppance — is seriously disruptive to the lives of the women victimized by it. Laws haven't caught up to reality, though, and in most states, once you sext a guy pictures of your… »10/02/13 4:45pm 10/02/13 4:45pm

A new bill in Florida would make it a felony to publish online nude photos or videos of a person without his or her permission and with his or her identifying information. That's a step in the right direction towards slowing the proliferation of the exceedingly icky "revenge porn" Internet sewage spill that has made… »4/07/13 3:00pm 4/07/13 3:00pm

Just how far does the Communications Decency Act go? A group of women who have signed on to a class action lawsuit against the owners of revenge porn site Texxxan.com — and its hosting company, the always-charming GoDaddy — are about to find out. Their suit seeks to prosecute for invasion of privacy and mental… »1/22/13 3:15pm 1/22/13 3:15pm

One day, you're exchanging promise rings, and the next thing you know, you're prosecuting your ex-fiancé for putting photos of
your boobs on MySpace. »10/01/08 1:20pm 10/01/08 1:20pm The perils of modern love! Richard Morgan delves deep into what he terms "Revenge Porn," i.e., when men distribute pornographic images of their exes without consent, on…